Planter attachment.



No. 838,366. PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906. G. WEIDINGER.

PLANTER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG/.9. 1906.

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ITED STATES GEORGE WEIDINGER, OF OIROLEVILLE, OHIO.

PLANTER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1.806.

Application filei August 9.1906. Serial No. 329,832.

To a whom it may concern.-

use at present the operator is greatly incon- Be it known that I, GEORGEVEIDINGER, a venienced by the accumulation of cirt upon citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Oircleville, in the county of Pickawayand State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Planter Attachment,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to planter attachments, and is particularlyuseful in connection with devices of this character adapted to thesowing of corn and the like, in which a runner is provided with lateralblades to run in the furrow.

The object of the invention is to provide a planter attachment which issimple, strong, and durable in construction and in which the lateralblades are adjustable horizontally and vertically.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter in which the blades are attached to the runner and to theseed-depositing tube, so that there are no external projections on therunner to prevent the scouring clean of the same by contact with theearth.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the fig ures, and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a portion of a planter, showing my invention attached tothe same. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, andFig. 3 is a horizontal section of a portion of the device on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Before proceeding to a more detailed description of my invention itshould be understood that the same is applicable to nearly all forms ofplanters now in use in which a shoe or runner is secured to theframework and has an earth-engaging forward end upwardly disposed andadapted to slide along in the furrow as the planter is drawn along theground. The lateral blades which are mounted at each side of the runnerare adjustable both vertically and horizontally, and this is ofimportance in order that the depth at which the seed is to be plantedand the depth to which it is to be covered with earth may be regulated.In many devices of this kind in the runner, which does not scour cleanby contact with the earth. To obviate thisinconvenience, my device is soarranged that all projections on the outer sides of the runner areavoided.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents the frame of acorn or other planter of the usual type, mounted on wheels Zand having apole 3, to which craft-animals may be attached. Members 4, 5, 6, and 7extend crosswise of tee frame and are rigidly attached to the same. Uponthe members is located the conventional hopper 8, which carries the seedand in which are located. means (not shown) for permitting the regulardepositing of the seed through a seed-tube 9, projecting downwardly fromthe hopper and communicating therewith. The runner or furrow-opener 10,which is located under the lateral extension of the framework, has itsforward end 11 curved upwardly and securely mounted on thelaterally-projecting member 4. The rear end 12 of the runner isbifurcated, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, and each of the arms 13,formed by the bifurcation, extends on one side of the SGQLl-ii6 positingtube 9, which is located at the eni 12 of the runner.

The tube 9 may be of any common form, but I preferably employ a tube ofsubstantially rectangular cross-section having flat laterai faces, asshown most clearly in Fig. 2

and for a purpose which will appear hereinafter. The bifurcated end ofthe runner forms a depression in the bottom of the furrow into which theseeds from the hopper drop and which is covered by the earth which fallsfrom the sides of the furrow into the depression after the planter haspassed.

The lateral blades 14 are mounted at each side of the runner and arefastened together at their forward ends by means of a curved bolt-pin15, having its ends threaded in opposite directions. The curvature ofthe pin is such that each end is substantially normal with the surfaceof a blade. A nut 16 is adapted to be screwed upon each end of the pinand fits into a suitable opening in each blade, as shown most clearly inFig. 3. The nuts are tapered, and the openings are correspondinglybeveled, so that the nuts may fit into these openings with their outerfaces flush with the outer sides of the blades. The nuts are round andmay have slots by means of which they may be turned with ascrewdriver.It will be understood that by means of the bolt-pin and the nut 16 theforward ends of the blades may be securely joined and clamped upon therunner to preventthe.

secure the blades one to the other.

sitions, as circumstances require.

- the clamp to the tube 9.

Near their rear extremities the blades are provided with a plurality ofperforations 18. Mounted upon the inner sides of the blades by means ofbolts 19 with countersunk heads are brackets 20, having arms 21 abuttingagainst the inner faces of the blades and arms 22 extending inwardlytoward the seed-depositing tube. The bolts 19 pass through-suitableopenings in the arms 21 of the brackets, which register with the perforations 18 in the blades. By having a plurality of said openings in theblades the brackets may be located in a number of po- A clamp comprisingangles 23 with arms 24 abutting against the lateral faces of the tube 9and arms 25 extending toward the arms 22 of the brackets isadjustably'mounted upon the seed-tube. The arms 24 have corrugated innerfaces 26, which engage the lateral faces of the tube 9 to prevent theslipping of the clamp. A pin 27, having a head 28 and a threaded end,passes through suitable openings in the arms 24 of the angles 23 and bymeans of a thumb-screw 29 is adapted to force the arms 24 together torigidly attach The laterally-extending arms of the brackets and of theclamp have perforations adapted to register, through which bolts 30 maybe passed rigidly to secure these arms together. It should be understoodthat by means of the plurality of openings in these arms the blades maybe adjusted laterally, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.Furthermore, the blades may be adjusted in a vertical direction byloosening the clamp and sliding the same up or down upon the tube untilthe proper height has been reached, when the clamp may be tightened tosecure the blades at that height.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a planter attachment, the combination of arunner, lateral blades secured on each side of said runner, and bracketsupon said blades projecting inwardly, with a seeddepositing tube betweensaid blades, a clamp adj ustably mounted upon saidtube and having armsextending toward said brackets, .and means for adjustably connectingsaid clamp and said brackets.

2. A planter attachment, comprising a runner, lateral blades secured atthe forward ends on each side of said runner, a seed-depositing tubebetween said blades, a clamp upon said tube having lateral arms,brackets upon said blades having inwardly-disposed arms extending towardsaid clamp'arms, and means for adjustably connecting said arms.

3. A planter attachment, comprising a runner, blades adjustablyconnected at their forward ends on each side of said runner, bracketsadjustably mounted on the inner sides of said blades and having armsextending in wardly, a seed-depositing tube between said blades, a clampmounted upon said tube and adjustable in a vertical direction, saidclamp having arms adapted to engage with the arms of saidbrackets,'and-means for adjustably connecting said arms.

4. In a planter attachment, a runner, blades adjustably connected attheir forward ends on each side of said runner, brackets adjustablymounted upon the inner faces of said blades and having arms extendinginwardly, said runner having a bifurcated end,

a seed-depositing tube discharging at said bifurcated end, angles havingcorrugated arms against the lateral faces of said seed-dc:

positing tube, means for clampings'aid arms against said tube, saidangles having arms disposed toward said brackets, and means foradjustably connecting said brackets and said angles.

5. A planter attachment, comprising a runner, lateral'blades secured oneach side of said runner, a pin having threaded .ends located inopenings in each of said blades, said pin being curved so that an end issubstantially normal with the face of each of said blades, nuts adaptedto be screwed upon said threaded ends whereby said blades are forcedtoward each other, and means for adjustably mounting the rearward endsof said blades upon a seed-depositing tube located therebetween.

In testimony whereof-I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE WEIDINGER.

Witnesses:

FEsTUs WALTERS, BARTON WALTERS.

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